Perucho Figueredo

Perucho Figueredo (18 February 1818-17 August 1870) was a leader of the Cuban freedom fighters in the Ten Years' War who wrote the national anthem of Cuba, "La Bayamesa".

Biography
Pedro Felipe Figueredo was born on 18 February 1818 in Bayamo, Spanish Cuba, Spain, and in the 1860s he was active in planning the uprising against the Spanish Empire in Cuba in the Ten Years' War. In 1867, he wrote "La Bayamesa", an anthem written after the Battle of Bayamo during the revolt. In 1870, he was captured by the Spanish Army and executed for treason.